Geordie Peacock

George "Geordie" Peacock was a British criminal from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was childhood friends with the anarchist and photographer Nicky Hutchinson, the nightclub owner Tosker Cox, and the Labour Party MP Mary Soulsby.

Biography
George Peacock was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, and he was childhood friends with Nicky Hutchinson and Tosker Cox. In 1964, he left for London after his plans to form a band with his friends fell through, working at a cafe for two years. He came to work for the Soho crime boss Benny Barratt in 1966, and he had a clandestine relationship with Barratt's mistress Julia for a year before Barratt showed Peacock that she was a prostitute. In 1970, Barratt arranged for Peacock to be arrested as revenge for Peacock's relationship with his mistress, and he was released from jail in 1974; before he could kill Barratt in revenge, Barratt was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service, leading to Peacock returning to Newcastle and uniting with his friends Nicky and Tosker and Tosker's wife Mary Soulsby. By 1979, however, Tosker and Soulsby had begun frequenting nightclubs to have one-night stands, and Peacock became a drug dealer for corrupt policemen. He was later forced into hiding during a police crackdown, and he became homeless, mentally unstable, and an alcoholic during the 1980s. In 1987, he was sentenced to life in prison for accidentally burning down a hostel, but he escaped from his prison van during the Great Storm of 1987. He returned to Newcastle in 1995, where Cox allowed him to stay with him as he recovered.